troughs
Example Sentences
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Troughs of low pressure, the kind that brings rain in winter, still pass over the region but are much weaker.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023
Troughs of macaroni, $9.99 prime rib, 99 cent hamburgers.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2020
"Troughs and crests seem almost like a frozen sea," remarked the New York Times.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2011
Troughs of ice water were placed around the room.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Troughs served for washtubs, when wash tubs were used; and wooden ploughs broke up the virgin soil.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume I by Morse, John T. (John Torrey)
